The death has been reported of Raul Barboza, master of the accordion who weaned the French off their wheezy soundscape onto a Latinate cosmopolitanism. Raul was 87. He migrated to France almost half a lifetime ago, in 1987.
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The Austrian-US drimmer and composer Lukas Ligeti has signed to Edition Peters, which is part of Wise Music Group. Ligeti, 60, is presnetly professor of music in Brussels. “Lukas Ligeti is an artist whose creativity […]
Stefana Atlas at Arabella Arts has taken on general management for the stage director Chiara Muti, daughter of the Italian conductor. Chiara was previously on the books of the secretive Swiss firm, Ariosi. Chiara, who […]
New is just in that Hamburg Ballet has terminated its director Demis Volpi amid recent talk of a toxic work environment. Volpi succeeded the long-serving John Neumeier a year ago. Summary dismissal is hiughly unusual […]
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